The sound of killing did not disperse overnight, the third watch of the dawn, Xia Mu sent the Jinyi guard to explore the horse, 800 miles into Beijing quickly, this time handed over two folds, the first way, is to send the war merits, Yizhou City with 30,000 soldiers to resist the total of 100,000 troops of the Japanese slaves, successfully kept the city of Yizhou, the second way, Xia Mu asked the emperor to give him the full responsibility of the governor of the entire army in the north of the Ming Dynasty, in order to resist the foreign captives and recover the Hetao!

Ten days later, in the morning, the sky was overcast in the Daling Mountain area, and the mountains and mountains were covered with dark clouds.

Xia Mu took Li Chengliang, Yu Dawei and a group of personal soldiers out of the city on horseback, came to an intersection, and incinerated countless fallen soldiers since the war.

To the south, across two hills, there were bursts of boiling sounds in the wind. Xia Mu knew in his heart: This was Li Rusong and the common people who were adding earthen walls to the outer city, digging traps, arranging antlers and various obstacles overnight, and they had been busy all night.

He was listening intently when suddenly the sound of gongs and hoarse shouts came from the nearby mountain villages, and there was a faint sound of gongs from the north.

This is in accordance with Li Chengliang's order, and all villages have to sound gongs and tell this morning: It will be difficult for the Yuan to invade, and all the people must live in peace, work as usual, do not believe rumors, and strictly guard against spies.

Xia Mu looked at the pile of paper burning on the rock, listened to the voices of people and gongs near and far, and said in his heart:

"The Great War is about to start again!"

Boyan Hanji came to attack Yizhou City with high spirits, but he didn't expect that the army was defeated like a mountain, and he could let it go? The answer is obvious, so the next big battle is even tougher.

Capital

Half a month ago, before Wang Chonggu came to Yizhou City from the Cuihan Mountains to join Xia Mu's division, the military department handed over the excerpts, and Yizhou was trapped for three days, and 100,000 urgent military information was also sent from Shanhaiguan to Beijing.

Emperor Jiajing was very panicked when he looked at the excerpt, and strictly ordered Yang Bo, the secretary of the military department, to "fail to eliminate the Yuan thief and cause a big disaster"; Ordered them to march quickly to the troops, "I will be sure to extinguish the attack one by one, without the slightest delay!" ”

Yang Bo did not dare to delay, mobilized officers and soldiers from various towns in Shaanxi, and sent them to march into the north from all directions.

For a time, the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil, and they knew that this was the Ming Dynasty's determination to use all their strength to fight the Yuan.

Boyan Jina thought that this was the best opportunity to attack the Ming army and march into Beijing, so he hurriedly commanded Boyan Hanji's three-way men and horses to attack in early August, and put the main force on Yizhou Pass 1st Road.

And Boyan Hanji accepted the orders of the general Boyan Jina, personally encouraged the soldiers, and teamed up with Hattori to attack Yizhou Castle at night.

But who knows, what is waiting for is not victory, but defeat, the Ming army from top to bottom, one by one bravely to the death, plus the help of the poor people, so that the main force of the Tartars attacking from Yizhou Pass to the north was ambushed between the north and south of the city, the loss was very heavy, and the emperor was defeated and retreated.

At the same time, the Datong Ming army from the west of the Duoyan Department descended from the sky, and it was difficult to advance an inch. After this lesson, he was also more cautious and remobilized his army, which increased several times more than at the beginning of August.

Seeing that a war with a huge disparity was imminent, coupled with the collusion between Yuan and Ri in secret, how could Xia Mu be in a relaxed mood?

He planned the military at night, and during the day he rode around on horseback to prepare for the enemy, and he was very busy. Although he had never been sick, he had apparently lost much weight lately.

At this time. In front of the city, a large pile of paper continued to burn on the rock. The two soldiers slowly shook the pile of paper with a twig, so that the paper fell faster. The ashes flew with the wind into the rushing clouds. After a while, Xia Mu raised his head and said to the soldiers on the left and right:

"Since this war, we have killed thousands of heroes. If this blood feud is not avenged for a day, the dead will not be able to turn their eyes to the Yellow Spring, and the living will not be able to sleep and eat. Let's have a good life and pay tribute. If we win a big battle this time and kill tens of thousands of captives, we will sacrifice our brothers alive with the enemy on the battlefield! ”

He didn't speak loudly, but he was full of pain and excitement, which deeply touched the soldiers on the left and right. Li Rusong said:

"Don't worry, Governor. In recent days, the brothers have been talking about revenge, and they should sacrifice the heads of the Yuan captives and the Japanese slaves. With such good morale, we will be able to defeat the Yuan and make the brothers happy and happy under the Nine Springs. ”

Xia Mu looked at him and nodded gently, indicating that he himself was convinced that the morale of the righteous army was good, and he would be able to defeat the crowd with a small number. He instructed one of his soldiers to deliver the bundle of paper to the soldier's grave two miles away to be burned, and then he prepared to mount his horse with the others and go to the Daling River.

As soon as his right hand was put on the saddle, he suddenly heard someone riding towards him, and the sound of hooves was very urgent. He hesitated, then withdrew his right hand from his saddle, turned his head, looked toward the mountain road to the south, and wondered, "Why is this horse running so quickly?" Did you come from Shanhaiguan? ”

In a few moments, a colonel and two brothers appeared from the rushing clouds and came a few feet away from him on three sweaty horses. As soon as the little colonel saw Xia Mu, he hurriedly reined in his war horse with his soldiers and jumped down.

Xia Mu saw that the little school was a small leader of Yang Bo's cronies, and without waiting for the little school to speak, he asked first:

"What is the urgency that Old Man Yang sent you to the old camp? Could it be that the Yuan army on the Shanhaiguan side has begun to attack? ”

The junior colonel replied: "Governor Qiyu, the Yuan army Boyan Jina has already set up an offensive posture, but he hasn't made a move yet. Lord Shangshu sent me to report to the governor: According to the secret news sent by the common people last night and the report of our spies, we learned that there were 2,000 Tartars in Wuguan yesterday, more than 1,000 people in Peach Blossom Shop, and more than 7,000 people in the two Tartars, and there will be a large group of Tartars in a day or two. The news also said that Boyanji would come to Daling River within a day or two to personally supervise the Yuan army's attack. Boyan Jina also claimed that he would capture the Governor alive! ”

Xia Mu smiled and asked, "You want to catch me too?" ”

"Yes, Governor. They suffered a loss in the battle in August, and it was rumored everywhere that you were not only resourceful, but also said that you were outstanding in all eighteen martial arts, so you had to be caught this time. ”

Xia Mu couldn't help laughing and said, "Yo! I really didn't expect that an ordinary person like me, who can't write and can't kill the enemy, was boasted by them as a hero with both civil and military skills. The more you talk about it, the more mysterious it becomes, and in the future, will you say that I will call for wind and rain! ”

The little colonel smiled again and said, "Governor, Boyan Ji's arrest reward still has your name on it." ”

"Ah, another bounty?"

Xiao Xiao took out a roll of paper from his arms, handed it to Xia Mu with both hands, and said, "Look, this is a notice that our spies took down from outside the gate of the Yuan army at dusk yesterday, and there are many rewards written on the back. ”

Xia Mu took the notice, glanced at it and handed it to Li Chengliang, asking him to read it to himself. Li Chengliang nodded, looked at the notice and said, "This general will march with his army in a few days and wipe out the city of Yizhou." The army was everywhere, and Autumn did not commit any crimes. All the people who submit to me are none other than the emperor's son. Trush and others, make sure that they all live in peace, and do not run away with panic. In the past, even if the thief drove it, and coerced it as evil, this general will not only be ignorant and ignorant, but also out of necessity, and will not delve into it, so as to show my thoughts that Tengger is overwhelmed. It has heroic people, take the opportunity to kill the summer thief for self-efficacy, and the general will be rewarded for meritorious deeds, without discrimination. If there is a stubborn and unwilling thief, disregarding the law of the Great Yuan, when the soldiers arrive, they dare to resist or follow the thieves. This proclamation was followed by a reward for the capture of Xia Mu and his important generals, and his own name was listed first.

After Li Chengliang read it, he laughed and said:

"Dudu, sure enough, there is your name, and there is a reward of three thousand taels of silver!"

Xia Mu also laughed, looked at the little colonel and asked, "Do you adults have anything else to report to the governor of Pontus?" ”

The colonel replied: "My lord also said that the large-scale invasion of the Yuan soldiers was only a matter of a few days, and the Yuan army in Xiaolinghe had also increased by 20,000 or 30,000 people, so please don't be careless." ”

Xia Mu nodded and said, "I see." You go to Shanhaiguan to report to Lord Yang in person, maybe he will ask about other situations. You have dinner in Yiju, rest and then go back to Shanhaiguan. ”

After Xia Mu finished speaking, he looked up, only to see that the surging dark clouds seemed thicker and heavier than just now, covering the sky, rolling in front of him and rolling away. This day increased the heaviness of Xia Mu's heart. He walked to Li Chengliang and said to his soldiers: "Get on the horse!" In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Jinyi guards jumped on their horses and prepared to set off.

Li Chengliang was worried that there would be a vicious storm soon, and everyone didn't carry anything to prevent rain, and others didn't care about it in the rain, Xia Mu had been overworked in the past two months, and he was much thinner than before, and he would get sick when it rained. He tightened the reins of his horse, looked at Xia Mu, and asked hesitantly:

"On this day...... I'm afraid there's a torrential rain, right? ”

Li Rusong also asked: "Governor, let me hurry back to the city to get an oilcloth cloak for you, right?" ”

Xia Mu said categorically: "Don't waste time!" Now the military situation is very tight, not to mention the rain, and the knife can't stop us from doing things. ”

He first turned his horse's head to face south, and was about to raise his whip and set out, when he suddenly heard the urgent hoofs of several horses coming from the east, and quickly approached.

He turned his horse's head to the east, and waited into the clouds. In a moment, four people on horseback appeared in the clouds and mist twenty zhang away, led by a big young general who was Zu Dashou.

As soon as Xia Mu saw him, he knew that he must have an important military report when he came to Dalinghe in person now, so he knocked the stirrup lightly and greeted him.

The two tall horses were less than two feet away from each other and stopped on the mountain road. Dark clouds rushed along the horse's head, flying to the right and left of the people and above their heads. Xia Mu asked:

"Da Shou, are you from Xiaolinghe?"

"Yes, Governor. Where are you going? ”

"I'm going to Xiaoling River to see if the walled wall there can be completed today." He took a few steps to meet her, waited until her and the yellow horse of the ancestor's birthday intersected, stopped together, and asked in a low voice, "What is the urgency of your coming?" ”

Zu Dashou whispered: "I got news from the Duoyan Department before the fifth watch, and I know that Boyan Hanji sent a Japanese ninja to assassinate the governor.

Xia Mu also smiled and said, "I already know this." ”

Zu Dashou waved back his own soldiers on the left and right, leaned over and whispered: "We are placed in the Yuan army's sitting, and it is very important to find out the confidential information from Boyan Ji's line, as you expected......

"Are you talking about Yan Shifan and Boyan Hanji really hooking up?"

"I heard that the two sides are secretly negotiating. Yan Shifan, this bastard, wanted to get rid of the governor and deliberately borrowed a knife to kill people! ”

"Is this information reliable?"

"This news came from the mouth of a master in the Boyan Hanji Xingyuan, and it must be reliable. Someone else said: Yan Shifan has someone to negotiate these days, and I suspect that it is Wu Zhongyong. ”